Saigon siege action and Khe Sanh battle update
Allied forces claim a record 417 rockets fired at Saigon area as they employ new electronic sensors and claim to have killed 124 guerrillas in three days. Marines abandon Khe Sanh after bearing heavy losses, while 10,000 NVA and Viet Cong press the plateau amid renewed U S mobility and firepower.
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Jynch Saigon
UPD
Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Aban
Joseph W. Thomas
Dallas
Tex
Lance Cpl
Poe B. Lacy
Omaha
Sanh
Dien Bien Phu
9Th Infantry Division
Heavy fighting near DMZ and Saigon amid Viet Cong raids
U S and South Vietnamese forces report intensified clashes near the DMZ with 171 North Vietnamese killed in two areas and 107 infil trators slain east of Quang Tri. U S Marines and air strikes claim 299 American deaths and 2 220 wounded last week as 8 000 enemy troops mass for a major Saigon assault.
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Dmz
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
U.S
Ho An
Saigon
South Vietnam
Senate Revise Tax Bill Seeks Compromise Amid Tax Fight
AUSTIN UPI The Senate voted 16 15 to revive the House tax bill and seek a compromise after a lecture on irresponsibility from Gov Preston Smith Six lawmakers who opposed new taxes switched to reconsider The plan would raise sales taxes corporate franchise taxes and apply a 10 percent gross receipts tax on private clubs with dates and rates discussed to meet Sept 1 budget needs
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Joe Christie
el Paso
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Henry Grover
Houston
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
O. H. Harris
Dal
Hall
Smith
Senate
House
Robert
Clavert
Senate Finance Committee
William Patman
Canada
Bitter Battle Over Gun Control Split In Senate
President Johnson’s crime fighter warns lack of tough gun controls threatens the political system as a Senate subcommittee weighs a Johnson backed bill requiring gun registration within 180 days and licensing within a year. Atty Gen Ramsey Clark urges action while NRA chief Glassen blasts the plan as disarming the public.
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Steven Gerstel Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Treasury
Senate Judiciary Committee
Joseph D. Tydings
Ramsey Clark
Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee
Clark
Harold W. Glassen
National Rifle Association
Glassen
Three Arraigned In County Court
Robert Woods and Carl Hansen of Childress were picked up on theft over five and under fifty dollars. They were arraigned and pleaded guilty with Woods fined 92 dollars and 30 days in jail plus court costs while Hansen faced 142 dollars and one day in jail. Charlie Smiley of Aspermont was cited on driving while intoxicated and pleaded guilty with three days in jail and 142 dollars in fines and costs.
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Robert Woods
Carl Hansen
Childress
J. E. Benham
Woods
Hansen
Charlie Smiley
Aspermont
Highway Patrol
Clarence Carter
Three Injured In Auto Crash On Avenue Few
A head on collision in the 400 block of Avenue Few at about 11 20 p m left three men from Childress hospitalized or treated and released. Norwin Garrison and David Poling were admitted to Childress General Hospital. Dean Trosper was treated and released. Garrison had a broken left knee and other injuries while Poling had severe head and facial lacerations. Trosper suffered arm lacerations. Police report no tickets issued and the investigation continues.
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Avenue Few
Childress General Hospital
Norwin Garrison
David Poling
Dean Trosper
Childress
Garrison
Trosper
Alias Maddox
Poling
Woman suffers broken ankle in sidewalk fall
Mrs. Oscar Lambert fractured her right ankle after a fall on the sidewalk at 207 Avetr ue C Ne around 9 a.m. today. She received treatment at Childress General Hospital.
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Oscar Lambert
Avetrue C
Childress General Hospital
O'Brien Expected To Join HHH Campaign
Former Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien is set to become an unpaid adviser to Hubert H. Humphrey's campaign, aiming to attract Kennedy supporters. The move ties O'Brien to Humphrey as rivals Eugene J. McCarthy and Richard Goodwin maneuver for late Kennedy backing amid a split Democratic field.
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United Press International
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Humphrey
Kennedy
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard Goodwin
Goodwin
McCarthy
Paris talks stall as Hanoi says talks depend on U S
North Vietnam negotiators in Paris predicted long talks but said duration hinges on the United States. No summit with Johnson and Ho Chi Minh is planned to break the deadlock as Hanoi rejects preconditions to curb bombing. Xuan Thuy led repetitious statements amid stalled 10th session. Ricky Carmack of the Cardinals suffered a cracked elbow and will miss the season per program president Bennie Hawkins.
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Paris
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Xuan Thuy
Ricky Carmack
Don Carmack
Ricky
Cardinals
Bennie Hawkins
Hybrid Grain Sorghum Variety Demonstration Established
A hybrid grain sorghum variety demonstration was established by Troy Boykin in Tell Community near the cemetery, funded on a farm Troy rents. Sixteen varieties including Pioneer 820 Pioneer 866 846 Funk 788A and Asgrow lines were planted to compare yields. Cure notes plans for a second demonstration south of Tell and will publish results in 1968 reports and newspaper articles.
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Troy Bovkin
Lowell B. Cure
Troy
Tell
Eas
Childress County
Pioneer
Funk
Browning
Harper
Asgrow
Richardson
DeKalk
Jaycees Outline July Fourth Celebration Details
David Carroll reported at today's Jaycees meeting on the Fourth of July celebration plans. He named committees including swimming contest chaired by Dan Cawthon and concessions chaired by Thomas Lewis. Carroll announced the Jaycee Area Summer Convention set for July 12 13 14 in Denton and noted Road Runner Certificates from the Texas Jaycees for Jim Heath Coy Kindrick and Carroll.
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David Carroll
Dan Cawthon
Thomas Lewis
Debert Wasson
Carroll
Denton
Jim Heath
Coy Kindrick
Texas Jaycees
Car Wreck Near Estelline Damages Tow Vehicle
A tow car behind another trailer overturned after a wheel came off on US 287 six miles east of Estelline at 3:30 a.m. Freddie Joe Roberta and his wife with three children from Shreveport La were in the trailing vehicle. The Roberts escaped injury as the wheel caused the trailer to skid 180 feet before stopping. Highway Patrolman Marvin Johnson investigated.
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Estelline
US 287
Freddie Joe Roberta
Shreveport
Roberts
Marvin Johnson
US Has Witness That James Ray Killed King
British attorney for the United States stated James Earl Ray was the sole killer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and urged his extradition for trial in Memphis, asserting a witness saw Ray enter a Memphis boarding house bathroom and fire the fatal shots. The hearing extended with plans for another session next week.
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Scott B. Burns
London
UPI
United Sates
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
David Calcutt
Ray
King
Memphis Tenn
Calcutt
Memphis
Roger Frisby
Britain
United States
Scotland Yard
Thomas Butler
Butler
U.S
Mr. Stevens
Charles Stevens
Stevens
Bake Sale by Kids Baseball Mothers Saturday
Mothers of the Kids Baseball players sponsor a bake sale starting at 9 a.m. Saturday in front of Watkins downtown and near Gibson's Discount on US 83. Proceeds benefit the Kids' Baseball Program.
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Watkins
Gibson
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Texas
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HHH Campaign
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